The Name-Calling, Slandering, and our sense of Morality

[kakaballi]

Re: The Name-Calling, Slandering, and our sense of Morality

@phoenixdesi

dearest jolie…last i saw, teggy opened the thread to address problems related to name-calling, mudslinging, defaming, and slandering others for their policies vis a vis politics of the country…and how conveniently you put that topic on the backfront by saying “Mods can deal with personal insults, there’s a procedure in place to deal with such things”…NO NO … if everything was being handled smoothly and if all of us (posters and mods) were doing a fine job, teggy did not need to open this thread…

How would you define name-calling, mudslinging, defaming, etc? teggy asked us to re-examine our own behavior, not forum policies.

Where do yo draw the line on defamation? I don’t think you can have official policy on it. Mods are doing a fine job, as it is. Public political figures are always a target of vitriol. Let it be. There are people on this forum who use filthy language. They lose credibility. That’s enough.

I think the forum policies are clear enough. No personal attacks on posters. The people being personally attacked are mostly moderators and they have been generous enough.